Editing 624 Hektor

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |624 Hektor
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:624Hektor-Trojanszip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''624 Hektor from ''Trojans.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|Name||align="right"|624 Hektor
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Sun]]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2009.46064339
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|778417560353.55 m
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.02233231262098354
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|18.2° <br> (0.3176499239 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|342.796163254785° <br> (5.9829217120 radian)
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|525.881227992494° <br> (9.1783589029 radian)
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|41.3810327349253° <br> (0.7222352691 radian)
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|112000 m
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.4×10<sup>19</sup> kg
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|24915.6 seconds (6.921 hours)
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 624 Hektor.cfg (Trojans.zip)
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'''624 Hektor (1907 XM, 1948 VD)''' is the largest [[Jupiter]] Trojan asteroid and is a member of the [[w:List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp)|Greek camp]] (whose orbits lie in the L4 point 60° ahead of Jupiter. It was discovered by [[w:August Kopff|August Kopff]] at the [[w:Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory]] in February 1907 and was named after the Trojan hero Hector from [[w:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]]. It is one of two trojans in the Greek camp named for a Trojan. Hektor also boasts a moon Skamandrios, but, it is not modeled in Orbiter.

== 624 Hektor in Orbiter ==
624 Hektor was introduced to orbiter with the release of ''Trojans.zip'' add-on in June 2009.

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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 624 Hektor'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/trojan-asteroids-v1-01.780/ Trojan Asteroids v1.01]||O-F Resources||v1.01||sputnik||Scenery||27 June 2009||||
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== See also ==
[[w:624 Hektor|624 Hektor]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
624Hektor-Trojanszip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>588 Achilles from ''Trojans.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
Hektor & Skamandrios 2006 Jul 16.PNG|<center>624 Hector and its moon Skamandriosimaged by the Keck Obeservatory in July 2006<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
</gallery>

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